Pyramids

Pyramids were built for religious purposes. The Egyptians were one of the first civilisations to believe in an afterlife. They believed that a second self called the ka lived within every human being, inside they pyramids they put things in for the afterlife such as mummies.

The pyramids meaning is death but also contains rebirth, the base of the pyramid stands for the body and the sides show the spiritual attempts, the point symbolise harmonise union of the human with the higher self (god)

The largest and first pyramid in Giza was built by pharaoh Khufu (around 2551 B.C.)
His pyramid today stands 455 feet high.

the Ancient Egyptians Moved Massive Pyramid Stones. The Pyramids of Giza,built between 2589 and 2504 BC. The ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids may have been able to move massive stone blocks across the desert by wetting the sand in front of a contraption built to pull the heavy objects,
It took over 100,000 people to build the pyramids & made out of over 5 million blocks of limestone.

The pyramids were built by Pharaohs Khufu (tallest), Khafre (background), and Menkaure (front).